RE: e30 Manual Tranny Oil

[alex.fadeev@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Adam F Vitti [mailto:macdowell@domain.elided] wrote:
> 
> What is the lubricant of choice for a 1990 325is manual 
> tranny? I would like to put in a full synthetic. 

Adam,
Redline MTL is what you want.
About $8/quart. Not so conveniently, the transmission takes about 1.2
quarts. 
If you play it safe and buy 2 quarts, you are almost certain to need only
one. But if you try to be cheap ...

> Does BMW have a list of approved oils, and where can 
> it be found?  etc

You mean a list of other transmission fluids that cost less than $30/quart? 
I don't think so... ;-)

alex f

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